blalor's ZHP project journal

[blalor]

Congrats on the purchase. Sorry about the wheel woes. Hope at least the tire is ok. But wait,,, "I bought him..." I thought all cars were girls!?

Not all. :-) My wife's MINI is Buffy, and I think all of her cars have been girls. Of the cars I've named, there's been Mater (Jeep), Sputnik (MINI), Scrat (current MINI), Dieter (E30) and Alpha (BRZ). I really don't think of the ZHP as being feminine.

[blalor]

Haha thanks, that's awesome! A passionate German car guy who just happens to enjoy running an E30 for Lemons! Having rebuilt a 1990 E30 in my past, I am not surprised that your race car is still running strong. Bavarian Motor Works seems to have the formula down for building quality engines, even if you need to keep up with timing belt replacements on the M20. As I am sure that you know, when one of them breaks, it can cause a heck of a mess.

Yeah, we've kept up on stuff like the timing belt. We've had a couple of mis-steps, too, like forgetting to put coolant back in a couple of winters ago. Fortunately we only popped some freeze plugs. Ironically it was the timing *chain* in my M42-engined E30 that caused me a huge problem a few years ago. The idler sprocket failed, the chain jumped some teeth, and all the intake valves got bent. Fortunately I was able to find another one for $300 and refreshed that lump and did the swap myself, but it was a fair bit of work.

I was just reading the dates for the NJMP race, and it looks to be the weekend after the ZHP Mafia family reunion. Otherwise I was going to suggest that they add this to the mix of events during the meet, since it is being held in Cape May, NJ this year. Nonetheless, if you can break away the weekend before, the Mafia family reunion is highly recommended.

I'd really love to, but we're going on vacation for the entire week before and have the race a couple of weeks later. Not enough time, money or vacation to do 'em all. :-(

[johnrando]

[blalor]

Feeling a little nostalgic for a trip I was on this time last year. We drove the length of the Trans-Labrador Highway with a group of half-a-dozen MINIs. 3,000 miles in a week. It was surprisingly not that cold. :-)



And from 3 years ago on the Magdalen Islands:



The trips are roughly every-other-year, where a bunch of MINI owners take off for some adventure in Canada. It's called the ArcticMINI run, but I took the Subaru last year, anyway. It was a hoot. I don't think I spent more than 10 minutes pointed in a straight line the entire time. :-D

[PirateZHP]

^ Awesome!

[ELCID86]

Feeling a little nostalgic for a trip I was on this time last year. We drove the length of the Trans-Labrador Highway with a group of half-a-dozen MINIs. 3,000 miles in a week. It was surprisingly not that cold. :-)

And from 3 years ago on the Magdalen Islands:

The trips are roughly every-other-year, where a bunch of MINI owners take off for some adventure in Canada. It's called the ArcticMINI run, but I took the Subaru last year, anyway. It was a hoot. I don't think I spent more than 10 minutes pointed in a straight line the entire time. :-D

Pretty darn neat.

[Hornung418]

My favorite new guy. Brett and myself have been trying to get a LeMons car organized, but we can't find a time where we're all free to meet

Looking forward to your adventures with the ZHP!!

[blalor]

My favorite new guy.

Brett and myself have been trying to get a LeMons car organized, but we can't find a time where we're all free to meet

It's not easy, but it's a ton of fun if you can pull it off!

[johnrando]

That's pretty cool!

[Avetiso]

Awesome!

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